“BOOST  MISSOURI” 


AND  THE 

“CALL  OF  THE  FARM” 


A  Small  Pamphlet  Which  Gives  Information  Relating 
to  the  Work  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  has 
Undertaken  During  1913-14-15  to  Widely 
and  Favorably  Make  Known  the 
Resources,  Advantages  and 
Opportunities  of  Missouri 


PREPARED  AND  PUBLISHED  BY  THE 

BUREAU  OF  LABOR  STATISTICS 

JNO.  T.  FITZPATRICK,  Commissioner 

A.  T.  EDMONSTON,  Supervisor  of  Statistics 
H.  P.  REEDS  ]  Commissioners  i **'  L-  BRADLEY 

JEFFERSON  CITY,  MO. 


A  Prelude  in  Bulletin  Form. 


THE  HUGH  STEPHENS  PRINTING  COMPANY 

JEFFERSON  CITY,  MO. 


I 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


1 .  — Map  of  Missouri. 

2.  — State  to  Publish  Booster  Pamphlet. 

3.  — "Boost  Missouri ” — All  Commercial  Clubs  and  Business  Men  s 

Leagues  Interested. 

4.  — "The  Call  of  the  Farm." 

— A  Republication  with  Revisions. 

5.  — Agricultural  Possibilities  of  Missouri. 

— The  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  Jefferson  City,  Mo. 

6.  — Opportunities  in  Missouri  for  Agricultural  Settlers. 

—By  Prof.  P.  B.  Mumford,  Dean  State  Agricultural  College. 

7.  — General  Treatise  on  the  Agricultural  Possibilities  of  Missouri ,  Its 

Inducements  and  Annual  Achievements  of  Its  Farms. 

— By  Hon.  W.  L.  Nelson,  Assistant  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 

8.  — State  Free  Employment  Department  of  Missouri ,  Its  Object. 


FEDERAL 

Agricultural  Statistics,  Missouri  |  c““ofaiopera“ngrFamI! 1 


TABLE  A 


Population  3 . 293 , 335 

Number  of  farms  .  277,244 

Cblor  and  nativity  of  Safin- 
ers: 

N ative  white .  259,111 

Foreign-born  white .  14,467 

Negro  and  other  iionwhite ...  3 , 666 

Number  of  farms,  classified 
by  size: 

Under  3  acres .  455  I 

3  to  9  acres .  8 , 561  j 

10  to  19  acres .  10,740 

20  to  49  acres .  47 , 398 

50  to  99  acres.  . .  74,178 

100  to  174  acres .  80,020 

175  to  259  acres .  32,109 

260  to  499  acres. . .  .  19,812 

500  to  999  acres .  3,427 

1,000  acres  arid  over .  544 

LAND  AND  FARM  AREA,  ACRES. 

Approximate  land  area,  acres. . .  43 , 985 , 280 

Land  in  farms,  acres .  34,591, 248 

Improved  land  in  farms,  acres. .  24 , 581 , 186 

Wood  land  in  farms,  acres .  8,918,972 

Other  unimproved  land  in  farms, 

acres .  1,091,090 

Per  cent  of  land  area  in  farms. .  78.6 

Per  cent  of  farm  land  improved  ,  71.1 

Average  acres  per  farm .  124 . 8 

Average  improved  acres  per 

farm..... .  88.7 

VALUE  OF  FARM  PROPERTY. 

AH  farm  property . $2,052,917,488 

Land . $1,445,982,389 

Buildings. .  $270 , 221 , 997 

Implements  and  machinery.  .  $50,873,994 

Domestic  animals,  poultry 

arid  bees .  $285 , 839 , 108 

Per  cent  of  value  of  all  prop¬ 
erty  In — 

Land . 70.4 

Buildings .  13.2 

Implements  and  machinery.  2.5 

Domestic  animals,  poultry 

and  bees .  13.9 

Average  values: 

All  property,  per  farm. .  $7,405 

Land  and  buildings,  per  farm  $6,190 

Land  per  acre .  $41.80 

DOMESTIC  ANIMALS. 

(Farms  and  Ranges.) 

Farms  reporting  domestic  ani¬ 
mals  .  270,637 

Value  of  domestic  animals .  $273 , 366 , 662 

Cattle: 

Total  number .  2,561,482 

Dairy  cows .  856,430 

Other  cows .  306 , 681 

Y earling  heifers .  306,951 

Calves .  296,475 

Yearling  steers  and  bulls.  .  299,160 

Other  steers  and  bulls .  495 , 785 

Value .  $72,883,664 

Horses: 

Total  number .  1,073,387 

Mature  horses .  932,269 

Yearling  colts. . .  103,615 

Spring  colts .  37 , 503 

Value .  $113,976,563 

Mules: 

Total  number .  342 , 700 

Mature  mules .  265,601 

Yearling  colts .  57,750 

Spring  colts .  19,349 

Value .  $43,438,702 

Asses  and  burros: 

Number . *  12,877 

Value .  $3,053,873 

Swine: 

Total  number .  4 , 438 , 1 94 

M ature  hogs .  2 , 800 ,281 

Spring  pigs .  1,637,913 

Value .  $31,937,573 


Sheep: 

Total  number .  1,811, 268 

Rams,  ewes  and  wethers. .  .  1,116, 189 

Spring  lambs .  695 , 079 

Value .  $7,888,878 

Goats: 

Number .  72,415 

Value .  $187,409 

POULTRY  AND  BEES. 

Number  of  poultry  of  all  kinds.  20,897,208 

Value....; .  $11,870,972 

Number  of  colonies  of  bees.  .  .  .  203,569 

Value . '. -  $584,549 


TABLE  B. 

FARMS  OPERATED  BY  OWNERS. 


Number  of  farms .  192,285 

Per  cent  of  all  farms .  69.4 

Land  in  farms,  acres .  25,189,241 

Improved  land  in  farms,  acres  17 , 694 , 543 
Value  of  land  and  buildings.  .  .$1,206,020,845 
Degree  of  ownership: 

Farms  consisting  of  owned 

land  only .  152,807 

Farms  consisting  of  owned 

and  hired  land .  39 , 478 

Color  and  nativity  of  owners: 

N ative  white .  177, 620 

Foreign-born  white .  12,556 

Negro  and  other  non  white.  .  .  2 , 109 

FARMS  OPERATED  BY  TENANTS. 

Number  of  farms .  82,958 

Per  cent  of  all  farms .  29.9 

Land  in  farms,  acres .  8 , 772 , 162 

Improved  land  in  farms,  acres  6 , 489 , 931 

Value  of  land  and  buildings.  .  .  $469,821 ,561 

Form  of  tenancy; 

Share  tenants .  46 , 744 

Share-cash  tenants .  8 , 553 

Cash  tenants .  24,461 

Tenure  not  specified .  3 , 200 

Color  and  nativity  of  tenants: 

N ative  white .  79 , 609 

Foreign-born  white .  1,833 

Negro  and  other  non  white.  . .  1,516 

FARMS  OPERATED  BY  MANAGERS. 

Number  of  farms .  2,001 

Land  in  farms,  acres .  629,845 

Improved  land  in  farms,  acres  396,712 

Value  of  land  and  buildings.  .  .  .  $40,361,980 


MORTGAGE  DEBT  REPORTS. 

For  all  farms  operated  by 
owners: 

Number  free  from  mortgage 


debt .  102,514 

Number  with  mortgage  debt .  88 , 486 

Number  with  no  mortgage  re¬ 
port .  1,285 

For  farms  consisting  o  f 
owned  land  only: 

Number  reporting  debt  and 

amount .  64 , 028 

Value  of  their  land  and  build¬ 
ings .  $389,476,000 

Amount  of  mortgage  debt.  .  .  $112,565,403 

Per  cent  of  value  of  land  and 

buildings .  28.9 


TABLE  C. 

COST  OF  OPERATING  FARMS. 


Labor.  .  .  .Farms  reporting. .  .  .  120,714 

Cash  expended .  $14 , 970 , 635 

Rent  and  board  fur¬ 
nished .  $3,674,060 

Fertilizer .  Farms  reporting. ...  18 , 434 

Amount  expended .  .  $671 , 073 

Feed . Farms  reporting. ...  110,416 

Amount  expended  .  .  $17 , 148 , 008 

Receipts  from  sale  of  feed- 

able  crops .  $20 , 077 , 983 


“Boost  Missouri'’ 


Missouri  maintains  a  Free  Employ¬ 
ment  Department.  Gratuitous  Service 
given  to  all. 


Farm  Help  and  Timbermen  supplied; 
situations  furnished  without  charge; 
write  to  the  nearest  Free  Employment 
Bureau. 


ST.  LOUIS — 104  N.  Tenth  St..  F.  J.  O’KccIe. 
Superintendent. 

KANSAS  CITY  224  New  Nelson  Bldg.. 

Harvey  Osborne.  Superintendent. 

ST.  JOSEPH  110  N.  Seventh  St.,  Geo.  J. 
Kamler,  Superintendent. 


Map  of  Missouri 

1913-14-15 

Givini  County  Outline*.  Chief  Kailroada. 
County  Seat*.  Leading  Citiea  and- River. 


Published  by  the 

State  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics 

JNO.  T.  FITZPATRICK,  Commissioner 
A.  T.  EDMONSTON,  Supervisor  of  Statistics 
>'■  P-  L.  BRADLEY 

JEFFERSON  CITY,  MO. 


Products 

Missouri 

Holds 

High 

Rank  for 


WHAT  MISSOURI 
LEADS  IN 


“POULTRY  QUEEN  OF  THE  UNION” 


Poultry  and  Eggs 
Zinc  Ore 
Lead  Ore 
Cobalt 
Nickel 
Barytes 
Plug  Tobacco 
Cadmium 
Corncob  Pipes 
Tripoli 
Red  Gum 
Cooperage 


}  Stock;  Principal  Crops;  Production  of  and  Value; 
nestic  Animals  not  on  Farms;  Number  and  Value. 


j  THE  FIGURES  GIVEN  ARE  BASED 
1  ON  THE  FEDERAL  CENSUS  OF  1910. 


TABLE  D. 

LIVE  STOCK  PRODUCTS. 

Dairy  Products. 

•airy  cows  on  farms  reporting 

dairy  products,  number .  (76 , 04 ._> 

•airy  cows  on  farms  reporting 

milk  produced,  number .  730,  odd 

lilk — Produced,  gallons . 

Sold,  gallons . 

Team  sold,  gallons .  1 , 399 , 98 J 

utter  fat  sold,  pounds .  '  4 , 927 , 383 

utter — Produced,  pounds .  42 , 105 , 143 

Sold,  pounds . 

iheese — Produced,  pounds.  .  .  .  159,  /8o 

Sold,  pounds .  104 , 539 

alue  of  dairy  products  exclud¬ 
ing  home  use  of  milk  and 

cream .  #io  ,000,010 

leceipts  from  sale  of  dairy  prod- 

.  j  lo7  ,  oOO 

Poultry  Products. 

’oultry — Raised,  number .  29 , 880 , 192 

Sold,  number .  10,656,882 

]ggs — Produced,  dozens .  104,185,119 

Sold,  dozens .  71,886,145 

ralue  of  poultry  and  eggs  pro- 

duced......: .  $31,669,494 

teceipts  from  sale  of  poultry 
and  eggs .  $18,285,980 

Honey  and  Wax. 

Ioney  produced,  pounds .  2 , 105 , 815 

Vax  produced,  pounds .  23,  <84 

/"alue  of  honey  and  wax  pro- 
duced .  $274,i  <4 

Wool,  Mohair  and  Goat  Hair. 

Vool,  fleeces  shorn,  number..  .  .  968,321 

Hohair  and  goat  hair,  fleeces 

shorn,  number .  24,061 

7alue  of  wool  and  mohair  pro- 
duced .  $1,050,479 

DOMESTIC  ANIMALS  SOLD  OR 

SLAUGHTERED. 

halves — Sold  or  slaughtered, 

number .  203,481 

Dther  cattle — Sold  or  slaugh- 

tered,  number .  1,332,813 

Horses,  mules,  asses  and  burros 

— Sold,  number .  278,337 

3  wine — Sold  or  slaughtered, 

number .  5,374, 740 

Sheep  and  goats — Sold  or 

slaughtered,  number .  . .  916 , 679 

Receipts  from  sale  of  animals.  .  $143 ,967 ,066 

Value  of  animals  slaughtered. . .  $15,272,  lo6 


TABLE  E. 

VALUE  OF  ALL  CROPS. 

Total .  $220, 

Cereals .  $147, 

Other  grains  and  seeds .  $1 , 

Hay  and  forage .  $33 , 

Vegetables .  $13 

Fruits  and  nuts .  $8 

All  other  crops .  $15 

SELECTED  CROPS. 

(Acres  and  Quantity.) 


663,724 
980,414 
153,007 
845 , 094 
305,829 
872 , 688 
506,692 


Cereals: 

Total . j 

J 

acres. . . 

10,255,476 

bushels. 

246,786,298 

Corn . | 

acres. . . 

7,113,953 

bushels. 

191,427,087 

Oats . J 

acres . . . 

1,073,325 

bushels. 

24,828,501 

Wheat . J 

(acres. . . 

2,017,128 

i  bushels. 

29,837,429 

Emmer  and  spelt,  j 

( acres . . . 

7,935 

(bushels. 

104 , 540 

Barley . « 

( acres . . . 

7,915 

(bushels. 

134,253 

Rye . . 

(acres. . . 

20,001 

1  bushels. 

205,813 

Kafir  corn  and  milo, 

( acres . . . 

13,543 

maize . 

(bushels. 

228,386 

Other  grains  and  seeds: 

Dry  peas . (acres. . . 

(bushels. 

Flaxseed . (acres. . . 

(bushels. 

Hay  and  forage: 

Total . (acres. . . 

(tons.  .  . 

All  tame  or  culti vat- (acres. . . 
ed  grasses . (tons .  .  . 

Timothy  alone . (acres. . . 

(tons.  .  . 

Timothy  and  clover  (acres .. . 
mixed . (tons .  .  . 

Clover  alone . /acres. . . 

*  (tons.  .  . 

Alfalfa . (acres. . . 

(tons .  .  . 

Millet  or  Hungarian  (acres. .  . 
grass . (tons ... 

Other  tame  or  culti- /acres. . . 
vated  grasses ....  (tons .  .  . 

Wild,  salt  or  prairie  (acres .. . 
grasses . (tons .  .  . 

Grains  cut  green. .  .  .  (acres. . . 

(tons. .  . 

Coarse  forage . (acres. . . 

(tons. .  . 

Special  crops: 

Potatoes . ( acres . . . 

(bushels. 

Sweet  potatoes  and  (acres.  . . 
yams . (bushels. 

Tobacco . /acres.  . 

(pounds . 

Cotton . (acres. . . 

(bales. . . 

Cane,  sorghum . (acres. . . 

(tons. . . 

Syrup  (made),  gallons . 

All  other  vegetables,  acres.  . 

FRUITS  AND  NUTS. 

Orchard  fruits: 

Total . / trees . .  . 

(bushels. 

Apples . ( trees . .  . 

(bushels. 

Peaches  and  necta-  ( trees . .  . 
rines . (bushels. 

Pears . ( trees . .  . 

(bushels. 

Plums  and  prunes.  .  (trees. .  . 

(bushels. 

Cherries . (trees.  .  . 

(bushels. 

Grapes . /vines. .  . 

(pounds. 

Small  fruits: 

Total . f acres . . . 

(quarts. . 

Strawberries . (acres. . . 

(quarts. . 

Blackberries  and(acres... 
dewberries . (quarts.. 

Nuts.  . . (trees. .  . 

(pounds. 


23 , 030 
109,357 
20 , 630 
154,532 

3,628,348 
4,091,342 
3,231,654 
3,560,501 
1,260,896 
1,334,556 
1 , 504 , 055 
1,630,211 
262,622 
309 , 209 
35,478 
96 , 105 
115,907 
141,626 
52 , 696 
48,794 
142,922 
162,099 
89,315 
94,236 
104,434 
274,308 

96,259 

7,796,410 

7,938 

876,234 

5,433 

5,372,738 

96,527 

54,498 

45,088 

201,206 

1,788,391 

129,570 


23,128,107 

11,957,399 

14,359,073 

9,968,977 

6,588,034 

1,484,548 

606,973 

142,547 

917,851 

234,872 

622,332 

123,314 

3,026,526 

17,871,816 

17,009 

23,690,221 

9,048 

15,171,034 

5,975 

6,391,209 

153,244 

2,823,368 


TABLE  F. 

DOMESTIC  ANIMALS  NOT  ON 
FARMS. 

Inclosures  reporting .  85,637 

Value  of  domestic  animals .  $20 , 814 , 834 

Cattle: 

Total  number .  75,941 

Value .  $2,720,956 

Number  of  dairy  cows.  .  .  .  54,218 

Horses: 

Total  number .  132,068 

Value .  $14,919,261 

Number  of  mature  horses. .  129,024 

Mules,  asses  and  burros: 

Total  number .  15,955 

Value .  $2,375,957 

Number  of  mature  mules.  .  14,473 

Swine: 

Total  number .  78,557 

Value .  $086,954 

Sheep  and  goats: 

Total  number .  19,272 

Value .  $111,706 


STATE  WILL  ISSUE  BOOSTER  PAMPHLET 

Missouri  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  is  Gathering 
Data  For  Elaborate  Publication. 

TO  ADVERTISE  THE  STATE'S  RESOURCES 

Copies  Are  to  Be  Distributed  at  Panama-Pacific  Exposition, 

San  Francisco. 


(From  St.  Louis  Republic,  under  Jefferson 
City  date  line  of  May  10,  1913.) 

Information  is  being  gathered  by 
the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  for 
a  special  publication,  profusely  illus¬ 
trated,  to  be  known  as  the  “Missouri 
Booster  Pamphlet,”  which  is  to  ex¬ 
ploit  the  advantages  and  opportuni¬ 
ties  each  county  offers  to  desirable 
settlers,  capitalists  and  manufactur¬ 
ers. 

Circular  letters  are  being  sent  every 
commercial,  financial,  industrial  and 
manufacturing  league  or  association 
in  the  State  inviting  their  co-opera¬ 
tion  in  the  work  of  widely  advertis¬ 
ing  Missouri  and  asking  their  assist¬ 
ance  in  securing  the  information 
which  is  to  go  into  the  pamphlet. 
Farmers’  organizations  throughout 
the  State  and  organized  labor  every¬ 
where  will  be  requested  also  to  lend 
a  helping  hand. 

The  pamphlet,  which  is  one  of 
the  features  of  the  elaborate  pro¬ 
gramme  the  new  Labor  Commis¬ 
sioner,  John  T.  Fitzpatrick,  has  pre¬ 
pared  to  boost  Missouri  as  a  pros¬ 
perous,  thriving  commonwealth,  will 
contain  a  brief  history  of  every  busi¬ 
ness,  commercial,  industrial  and  finan¬ 
cial  organization  in  Missouri,  re¬ 
late  what  each  has  done  and  is  doing 
to  develop  the  State  and  give  the 
names  and  addresses  of  their  1912  and 
1913  officers. 


The  president  and  secretary  of  each 
will  be  invited  to  contribute  a  short 
article  on  the  resources  and  oppor¬ 
tunities  of  their  community  and  what 
industries  are  needed  and  would  pros¬ 
per  in  their  locality. 

Minerals  to  Be  Discussed. 

In  addition  to  exploiting  the  manu¬ 
facturing  and  agriculture  possibilities 
of  Missouri,  the  “Booster  Pamphlet”’ 
will  tell,  in  detail,  of  the  almost  in¬ 
exhaustible  supply  of  unmined  lead1,, 
zinc,  iron,  fire  clay,  white  sand,  kaolin 
and  paint  pigments,  unquarried  lime¬ 
stone  for  cement  making,  granite,, 
marble,  onyx  and  building  stone  in 
South  Missouri  and  of  the  fields  of 
coal  in  the  northern  half  of  the  State. 

The  dairying  and  fruit-growing  pos¬ 
sibilities  of  the  Ozarks  will  receive 
particular  attention,  and  it  is  to  be 
emphasized  that  the  counties  of  the 
southeast  corner  produce,  in  abun¬ 
dance,  a  specie  of  cotton  which  ranks 
in  worth  next  to  the  famous  Sea 
Island  variety  of  Florida,  Georgia  and 
the  Carolinas. 

No  particular  section  of  Missouri 
is  to  be  boomed,  but,  instead,  the 
State  is  to  be  taken  up,  county  by 
county,  in  alphabetical  order,  and 
what  is  grown,  manufactured  and 
mined  in  each  told  about  in  a  com¬ 
plete  but  concise  manner,  and  infor- 


(5) 


6 


Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics ,  1913 . 
Jefferson  City ,  Missouri . 


mation  as  to  what  rivers  and  streams 
it  contains  and  what  railroads  traverse 
it,  imparted. 

For  each  county  there  is  to  be  a 
map  in  colors,  giving,  beside  the 
names  and  locations  of  the  cities  and 
towns,  the  rivers  and  streams,  rail¬ 
roads  and  all  township  divisions.  Par¬ 
ticulars  as  to  population,  public  and 
private  schools,  churches,  roads,  va¬ 
rieties  of  timber  which  flourish,  the 
nature  of  the  soil,  the  price  and 
quantity  of  available  farming  land, 
banking  and  other  financial  facilities, 
assessed  value  of  real  estate  and  per¬ 
sonal  property  and  the  quantity  and 
value  of  surplus  products  for  1912, 
will  make  up  chapters  of  the  publi¬ 
cation. 

Commercial  Clubs  Active. 

The  Business  Men’s  League  and 
similar  organizations  of  St.  Louis, 
the  Board  of  Trade,  Manufac¬ 
turers’  Association  and  all  kindred 
bodies  of  Kansas  City,  the  various 
business  associations  of  St.  Joseph, 
Springfield,  Joplin,  Sedalia,  Carthage, 
Webb  City,  Moberly,  Jefferson  City, 
and,  in  fact,  of  every  city  and  town  in 
the  State,  are  to  be  asked  to  assist 
in  carrying  out  the  booster  pro¬ 
gramme  of  the  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics. 

The  contents  of  the  boosting  pam¬ 
phlet  are  to  be  of  such  a  nature  that 
the  publication  can  be  used  to  adver¬ 
tise  Missouri  at  the  coming  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition.  The  task  of  col¬ 
lecting  the  information  and  preparing 
it  for  the  special  publication  has  been 
commenced  by  Supervisor  of  Statis¬ 
tics  A.  T.  Edmonston  and  Deputies 
H.  P.  Reeds  and  J.  L.  Bradley. 

It  will  contain  a  complete  direc¬ 
tory  of  the  commercial,  financial,  in¬ 
dustrial  and  farmers’  organizations  of 
the  State  and  a  history  of  the  prog¬ 


ress  of  Missouri,  not  alone  for  the 
year  1912,  but  during  the  last  decade. 
The  first  edition  will  be  25,000,  with 
more  to  follow  as  the  demand  re¬ 
quires.  A  special  edition  will  be  run 
off  for  free  distribution  at  the  Mis¬ 
souri  State  Fair  in  Sedalia  early  in 
October. 

The  intention  is  to  scatter  the  pam¬ 
phlets  from  one  end  of  the  country 
to  the  other.  Pamphlets  which  fol¬ 
low  will  deal  with  “Organized  Labor, 
Missouri,  1912-13;”  “Missouri  Labor 
Laws”  and  “Missouri  State  Free  Em¬ 
ployment  Department,  1912-13.”  All 
form  chapters  of  the  “Missouri  Red 
Book,  1913,”  which  will  be  ready  for 
free  distribution  at  the  close  of  the 
year. 


(From  the  Sedalia  Democrat,  July  27,  1913.) 

“BOOST  MISSOURI.” 


THIS  IS  THE  SLOGAN  THAT 
NOW  IS  HEARD  THROUGH¬ 
OUT  COMMONWEALTH. 


STATE  TO  BE  WELL  ADVERTISED 


Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  Will  Get 
Out  a  Pamphlet  in  Three  Editions 
That  Will  Be  Sent  to  All 
Quarters  of  the  Globe. 


Special  to  the  Democrat. 

Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  July  26. — The 
commercial,  industrial,  farmers’  alli¬ 
ances  and  labor  organizations  of  the 
State  have  taken  hold  of  the  move¬ 
ment  to  “boost  Missouri”  with  such 
vim  and  enthusiasm  that  success  is 
already  assured  for  the  proposition. 
The  resources,  advantages  and  oppor¬ 
tunities  the  State  offers  capitalists, 
manufacturers  and  desirable  settlers 
are  being  exploited  as  never  was  the 
case  before,  from  every  city  and  town 
of  Missouri. 


f. 


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“Boost  Missouri  ”  7 

Progress  of  a  Popular  Movement. 


Commissioner  John  T.  Fitzpatrick 
announced  today  that  the  Missouri 
Boostef  Pamphlet  the  Bureau  of 
Labor  Statistics  is  working  on  and 
will  scatter  far  and  wide  to  advertise 
the  State  will  be  made  up  of  three 
•editions,  the  first  of  which,  25,000 
•copies,  is  to  appear  and  be  distributed 
in  September. 

Three  Editions  Promised. 

The  forms  are  to  be  left  standing, 
the  publication,  which  will  have  300 
pages,  brought  up  to  date,  revisions  of 
other  kinds  made  and  the  second  edi¬ 
tion,  another  of  25,000  copies,  issued 
next  July.  The  third  edition  will  be  for 
the  use  of  the  Missouri  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition  Commission  in  1915, 
and  also  for  distribution  everywhere. 
The  contents  of  the  “booster”  pam¬ 
phlet  will  undergo  another  revision 
.-and  many  additions  made.  A  small  map 
of  Missouri  will  be  replaced  by  a 
larger  one,  measuring  24x30  inches, 
in  colors.  The  Forty-eighth  General 
Assembly  will  be  asked  to  appropri¬ 
ate  enough  to  pay  for  250,000  copies, 
all  in  red  cloth  binding,  and  for  send¬ 
ing  out  100,000  of  this  edition,  by 
mail,  to  men  and  women  interested  in 
the  development  of  Missouri,  who 
cannot  attend  the  San  Francisco  ex¬ 
position. 

A.  N.  Lindsay  of  Clinton,  Mo.,  gen¬ 
eral  secretary  of  the  Federation  of 
Missouri  Commercial  Clubs,  has  of¬ 
fered  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics 
Lis  aid  and  that  of  that  organization, 
which  is  composed  of  all  commer¬ 
cial  and  industrial  clubs  of  the  State, 
in  collecting  the  information  needed 
for  the  “booster”  bulletin  and  secur¬ 
ing  the  county  maps. 

One  of  the  features  of  the  publica¬ 
tion  will  be  a  group  photograph  of  the 
officers  and  executive  committee  of 
the  Federation  of  Missouri  Com¬ 


mercial  Clubs,  consisting  of  William 
Hirth,  Columbia,  president;  James  A. 
Houchin,  vice-president,  Jefferson 
City;  A.  N.  Lindsay,  secretary,  Clin¬ 
ton;  A.  W.  Douglas,  chairman  execu¬ 
tive  committee,  St.  Louis;  J.  R. 
Lowell,  chairman  press  committee, 
Moberly,  the  executive  committed — 
George  A.  Mahan,  attorney  at  law, 
Hannibal;  W.  E.  Cundiff,  business 
manager  The  Ruralist,  Kansas  City; 
B.  H.  Bonfoey,  real  estate  and  insur¬ 
ance,  Unionville;  C.  W.  Flower  of 
Flower-Barnett  Dry  Goods  Co.,  Se- 
dalia;  W.  B.  Sanford,  Holland  Bank¬ 
ing  Co.,  Springfield;  A.  W.  Douglas, 
vice-president  Simmons  Hardware 
Co.,  St.  Louis;  R.  H.  Stockton,  St. 
Louis;  F.  W.  Fleming,  president 
Kansas  City  Life  Insurance  Co., 
Kansas  City;  William  E.  Spratt,  real 
estate  (formerly  mayor),  St.  Joseph; 
'A.  H.  Hinchey,  secretary,  Commercial 
Club,  Cape  Girardeau;  James  P.  Kem, 
clothier,  Macon;  J.  A.  Hudson,  presi¬ 
dent  Columbia  Telephone  Co.,  Colum¬ 
bia;  Thomas  C.  Hackney,  attorney 
at  law,  Carthage;  and  William  Hirth, 
publisher  Missouri  Farmer,  Columbia. 

First  to  Respond. 

One  of  the  first  business  organiza¬ 
tions  in  Missouri  to  respond  to  the 
call  of  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics 
for  aid  in  securing  information  for 
the  “booster”  bulletin  was  the  Tarkio 
Commercial  Club  of  Tarkio,  Mo.  The 
president,  W.  R.  Littell,  wrote  the 
Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  to  have 
the  best  possible  map  of  Atchison 
county  made  for  the  “booster”  pam¬ 
phlet,  saying  his  organization  would 
pay  for  it. 

Austin  Crenshaw  of  Fulton,  Mo., 
sent  word  that  the  commercial  club 
of  his  city  was  heart  and  soul  in  the 
Missouri  “booster”  movement  and 
that  organization  would  look  after 


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Jefferson  City ,  Missouri. 


the  interest  of  Callaway  county.  Since 
then  the  following  business  associa¬ 
tions  have  promised  their  support: 

Business  Men’s  League  of  St. 
Louis,  through  its  secretary,  William 
Llewellyn  Saunders;  the  Commercial 
Club  of  Kansas  City,  through  its  sec¬ 
retary,  E.  M.  Clendening;  the  “Grind¬ 
ers”  of  Kansas  City,  which  is  an  aux¬ 
iliary  of  the  flour  millers;  Sarcoxie 
Horticultural  Association  of  Sarcoxie, 
through  its  secretary,  J.  F.  Wagner; 
Clinton  Commercial  Club,  W.  A. 
Docherty,  secretary;  Farmers’  Edu¬ 
cational  and  Co-operative  Union  of 
Cuba,  J.  F.  Mitchell,  secretary;  Jack- 
son  Township  Good  Roads  Associa¬ 
tion  of  Kinsey,  Ste.  Genevieve  coun¬ 
ty,  Smith  McClanahan,  secretary- 
treasurer;  Riverside  local,  Farmers’ 
Educational  and  Co-operative  Associ¬ 
ation  of  Steelville,  F.  E.  Shuck,  secre¬ 
tary;  Farmers  and  Fruit  Growers’ 
Association  of  Neosho,  Albert  Hilles, 
secretary-treasurer ;  Caruthersville 
Commercial  Club,  J.  P.  Lloyd,  secre¬ 
tary,  and  John  Parks,  treasurer; 
Aroma  Fruit  Growers  and  Shippers’ 
Association  of  Newton  county,  E.  E. 
Gaywood,  secretary;  the  Neosho  Fruit 
Growers  and  Shippers’  Association,  J. 
H.  Christian,  secretary;  Seneca  Straw¬ 
berry  Association,  T.  G.  Snyton,  sec¬ 
retary;  Lebanon  Commercial  Club, 
H.  A.  Clark,  secretary;  Kinloch  Park 
Improvement  Association  of  St.  Louis 
county,  J.  G.  Dochweiler,  secretary; 
Citizens’  Improvement  Association  of 
St.  Charles,  Asmund  Haessler,  secre¬ 
tary;  Humansville  Commercial  Club 
of  Polk  county,  J.  M.  Allen,  secretary, 
and  William  McCracken,  treasurer; 
Rolla  Civic  Club,  Mrs.  Jennie  Har¬ 
rison,  secretary,  and  Mrs.  H.  R.  Mc- 
Craw,  treasurer;  Sedalia  Boosters’ 
Club  of  Pettis  county,  M.  V.  Carroll, 
secretary,  and  C.  C.  Evans,  treasurer; 
Western  Towing  Club  of  St.  Louis, 


George  A.  Minges,  secretary;  Com¬ 
mercial  Club  of  Joplin,  F.  L.  Yale, 
secretary;  Missouri  Athletic  Club  of 
St.  Louis,  E.  W.  Barnmueller,  secre¬ 
tary;  Commercial  Club  of  Cape  Gi¬ 
rardeau,  A.  A.  Hinchey,  secretary;. 
Carthage  Business  Men’s  League, 
Harry  L.  Marks,  secretary,  and  W.  F. 
Moring,  treasurer;  Bethany  Commer¬ 
cial  Club,  B.  P.  Sifler,  secretary;  St. 
Louis  Real  Estate  Exchange,  John  J. 
Dowling,  secretary,  and  W.  E.  Caul¬ 
field,  treasurer;  Merchants’  Exchange 
of  St.  Louis,  Eugene  Smith,  secre¬ 
tary;  Butler  Commercial  Club,  A.  H. 
Culver,  secretary,  and  H.  M.  Cannon, 
president;  St.  Louis  County  Farm  and. 
Market  Bureau,  John  G.  Rinkel,  sec¬ 
retary;  St.  Louis  Association  of 
Credit  Men,  C.  P.  W^elsh,  secretary; 
Stone  County  Booster  Club  of  Crane, 
B.  F.  Carney,  secretary  and  treas¬ 
urer;  Stoddard  County  Farmers’  Edu¬ 
cational  and  Co-operative  Union  of 
Dexter,  W.  J.  Vaughn,  secretary; 
Agricultural  and  Commercial  club  of 
Wright  City,  A.  B.  Keadle,  secretary; 
Lumber  Dealers’  Association  of  St. 
Louis,  O.  A.  Fier,  secretary,  and  the- 
Phelps  County  Agricultural  Society. 

These  organizations  will  assist  in 
distributing  widely  the  “booster” 
pamphlet,  and  the  secretary  and  pres¬ 
ident  of  each  will  contribute  brief 
articles  dealing  with  the  advantages 
and  inducements  their  county  offers 
capitalists,  manufacturers  and  set¬ 
tlers. 

Suggestions  Made  Use  Of. 

Men  and  women  all  over  the  State 
have  offered  their  services  and  are 
suggesting  chapters  for  the  publica¬ 
tion.  Commissioner  Fitzpatrick  has 
detailed  Supervisor  of  Statistics  A.  T. 
Edmonston  to  prepare  the  pamphlet 
for  the  printer.  Deputies  H.  P.  Reeds 
and  John  L.  Bradley  are  assisting  in 


“Call  of  the  Farm.” 
Agricultural  Possibilities  of  Missouri . 


9 


the  task  of  gathering  and  compiling 
the  information  which  is  needed. 

W.  E.  Cundiff  of  Kansas  City,  a 
member  of  the  executive  committee 
of  the  Federation  of  Commercial 
Clubs,  has  contributed  an  interesting 


article  on  “Missouri  as  an  Agricul¬ 
tural  State.”  The  railroads  of  the 
State  are  supplying  the  illustrations 
which  are  to  be  used  to  vividly  por¬ 
tray  the  advantages,  resources  and 
possibilities  of  Missouri. 


“CALL  OF  THE  FARM.” 

(A  Revised  Republication.) 


WHAT  MISSOURI  HAS  TO  OFFER  TO  AGRICULTURAL  SETTLERS 
AS  SEEN  FROM  THREE  DIFFERENT  POINTS  OF  VIEW. 


With  agricultural  pursuits  offering  the  best  inducements  for  a  family  of 
moderate  means  and  all  large  cities  filled  to  the  overflowing  with  men  and 
women  who  would  prosper  on  farms,  if  they  devote  the  same  energy  and  time 
to  tilling  the  soil  they  do  to  earning  a  bare  living,  the  back-to-the-farm  move¬ 
ment  has  recently  received  a  fresh  stimulus  through  contemplated  National 
Government  aid. 

For  Missouri  the  back-to-the-farm  movement  will  now  not  end  until  every 
available  acre  of  desirable  unimproved  land  has  been  taken  up  for  cultivation. 

The  National  Government  announced  that  it  would  publish  and  distribute 
among  aliens  and  others  in  the  industrial  centers  of  the  United  States  a 
pamphlet  setting  forth  briefly  and  in  a  general  way  the  opportunities  offered 
to  agricultural  settlers  by  the  various  states  and  territories. 

Missouri  was  called  upon  by  the  Washington  authorities  to  furnish  a 
brief  but  complete  outline  on  what  it  had  to  offer  homeseekers.  Various 
state  departments  and  many  men  and  women  in  private  life  became  interested. 
The  contest  immediately  awakened  much  enthusiasm,  and  keen  but  friendly 
rivalry  for  first  honors  ensued. 

Many  interesting  and  highly  meritorious  articles  were  submitted,  and  of 
all  there  was  not  one  which  was  not  entitled  to  fair  mention,  each  handling  the 
subject,  “The  Agricultural  Possibilities  of  Missouri,”  skillfully  from  a  different 
viewpoint.  The  contribution  offered  by  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  was 
selected  finally  as  the  one  for  the  national  publication  already  mentioned, 
chiefly  for  the  reason  that  it  completely  covered  the  State,  it  briefly  reciting 
what  inducements  each  section  offers  in  improved  and  unimproved  lands;  what 
agricultural  products  are  giving  the  best  returns  and  how  Missouri  farms 
worth  $3,000  and  $4,000  were  earning  larger  incomes  than  many  worth  more 
money  in  other  states. 

Two  other  articles  submitted  were  so  meritorious  that  it  was  found  im¬ 
possible  to  decide  between  them  as  to  which  was  entitled  to  second  place. 
Therefore  both  were  awarded  that  honor,  a  high  one,  considering  the  keen 
rivalry  the  contest  aroused  and  that  every  contribution  proved- to  be  a  gem 
and  entitled  to  weighty  consideration. 


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Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics ,  1913. 
Jefferson  City,  Missouri. 


In  a  treatise  on  “Opportunities  in  Missouri  for  Agricultural  Settlers,” 
Prof.  F.  B.  Mumford,  Dean  of  the  State  Agricultural  College  at  Columbia,  paid 
a  splendid  tribute  to  Missouri  as  a  corn  state,  emphasizing  that  the  largest 
nursery  of  the  world  is  found  here  and  asserting  that  in  a  good  fruit  year 
the  apple  production  of  Missouri  excels  that  of  many  other  great  apple 
states. 

The  third  contribution,  one  by  Hon.  W.  L.  Nelson,  assistant  secretary 
of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  consists  of  a  general  treatise  on  the  pro¬ 
ductiveness  of  Missouri,  listing  tersely  the  many  advantages  and  inducements 
the  State  holds  out  to  agricultural  settlers  and  reciting  in  a  clean-cut  manner 
our  annual  farm  achievements. 

The  three  leading  contributions  on  the  “Agricultural  Possibilities  of 
Missouri”  follow: 


AGRICULTURAL  POSSIBILITIES  OF  MISSOURI 

(By  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  Jefferson  City,  Mo.) 

While  Missouri  now  ranks  high  as  an  agricultural  State,  holding  third 
position  for  its  annual  production  of  corn  and,  usually,  seventh  for  wheat, 
there  are  practically  no  limits  to  the  possibilities  of  agricultural  development. 

The  fact  that  this  commonwealth  already  is  one  of  the  chief  corn  and 
wheat  producers  of  the  United  States,  coupled  with  the  further  fact  that  only 
a  little  over  a  half  of  our  extensive  area  suitable  for  agricultural  purposes  is 
under  cultivation,  clearly  demonstrates  what  could  be  done  with  ordinary 
farming  alone  if  every  available  acre  was  tilled. 

If  every  available  acre  of  land  in  Missouri,  suitable  for  cultivation,  was 
properly  tilled,  our  annual  output  of  corn,  wheat,  oats,  hay  and  similar  staples 
would  increase  over  sixty  per  cent,  without  taking  into  consideration  the 
gains  in  the  production  of  vegetables,  fruit,  dairy  products,  live  stock,  honey, 
wool  and  all  other  farm  commodities  which,  in  consequence,  would  naturally 
also  follow. 

This  estimated  increase  does  not  take  into  consideration  what  could  be 
accomplished  by  scientific  and  intensive  farming.  Comparatively  few  Mis¬ 
souri  farms  are  now  being  worked  for  all  their  soils  can  produce  and  renew¬ 
ing  the  land  with  fertilizers  is  by  no  means  a  general  practice. 

What  Missouri  could  do  if  it  was  divided  up  into  small  farms,  ranging 
from  40  to  100  acres,  and  each  worked  intensely,  would  almost  be  beyond 
belief  to  anyone  who  has  never  cultivated  on  a  scientific  scale.  It  is  conserva¬ 
tive  to  state  that  the  annual  yield  of  all  agricultural  products  would  increase 
thirty  per  cent  for  the  lands  now  being  tilled,  without  including  or  consider¬ 
ing  the  unimproved  but  desirable  tracts  which  are  open  and  ready  for  settle¬ 
ment. 


Missouri  Has  Many  Farms. 

In  Missouri  there  are  probably  43,985,280  acres  of  land.  Of  this  vast 
amount  34,591,248  acres  make  up  the  277,244  farms  tfie  State  is  credited  with, 


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“Call  of  the  Farm” 

Agricultural  Possibilities  of  Missouri. 

but  still  only  24,581,186  acres  are  under  actual  cultivation,  leaving  about 
10,010,062  acres  in  the  farms  either  entirely  unworked  or  used  only  for  rough 
grazing  purposes.  Adding  this  latter  large  acreage  to  the  other  4,000,060 
acres  which  are  entirely  unsettled,  it  means  that  Missouri  has  approximately 
15,000,000  acres  entirely  uncultivated,  or  five-eighths  as  much  as  the  area  now 
being  tilled,  which  gives-  the  State  third  rank  in  corn  and,  usually,  seventh 
in  wheat. 

Of  this  unimproved  area  3,500,000  acres  are  low  lands,  which  are  so  fer¬ 
tile  that' many  stretches  can  be  made  to  produce  from  75  to  100  bushels  of  corn 
or  from  30  to  40  bushels  of  wheat  to  the  acre.  For  vegetables  the  soil  is 
unexcelled  and,  if  properly  tilled,  ten  acres  will  earn  a  good  living  for  a  truck 
farmer.  This  bottom  land,  chiefly  in  Southeast  Missouri,  where  the  loam  is 
from  30  to  100  feet  in  depth,  can  be  purchased  for  from  $10  to  $60  an  acre, 
according  to  its  location  and  other  conditions.  Of  course,  all  of  the  lower 
price  areas  are  entirely  unimproved  and  in  many  cases  covered  with  more 
or  less  timber,  and  some  distance  from  a  railroad.  This  is  the  land  around 
which  levees  are  now  being  built  and  huge  ditches  dug  to  furnish  drainage 
in  the  rainy  season.  Here  is  where  cotton,  watermelons  and  alfalfa  grow 
prolifically  and  yield  a  paying  return  to  the  owner  of  the  average  farm  of  125 
acres.  The  proportion  of  the  cost  of  a  levee  and  a  ditch  is  generally  paid 
for  in  installments  in  two  or  three  years,  and  then  comes  the  period  when 
money  accumulates.  The  timber  on  most  of  these  unimproved  areas  will  gen¬ 
erally  pay  for  the  clearing. 

In  North  Missouri  improved  land  can  be  purchased  for  $60  an  acre  and 
up.  Here  is  where  wheat,  oats,  blue  grass  and  clover  grow  luxuriantly,  with 
the  consuming  markets,  Kansas  City,  St.  Louis  and  Chicago,  close  at  hand. 
Potatoes,  tomatoes,  cucumbers  and  other  vegetables  are  easily  raised  and 
readily  sold  for  a  high  price  without  much  of  an  effort  on  the  part  of  the 
producer. 

Missouri  Farms  Earn  More  Money. 

In  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio  and  other  eastern  states  the  same  kind  of  farms 
as  those  just  described  are  worth  from  $100  to  $200  per  acre,  and  they  have 
no  better  or  higher  price  markets  to  supply;  with  the  additional  drawback 
that  the  greater  worth  there  of  the  lands  gives  the  average  agriculturist  a  very 
low  income  on  the  large  amount  of  money  he  has  invested.  It  is  therefore 
apparent  that  with  the  same  capital  and  expenditure  of  the  same  amount  of 
muscular  energy  more  money  can  be  made  by  farming  in  Missouri. 

An  eastern  farmer  with  land  worth  $6,000,  on  which  there  is  a  $2,000 
mortgage,  does  not  earn  as  much  from  his  toil  as  does  the  Missouri  tiller  of 
the  soil  who  values  his  property  at  only  $3,500,  but  all  paid  up.  The  point  of 
such  a  comparison  is  obviously  plain.  The  eastern  farmer  would  do  far  better 
if  he  sold  his  mortgaged  property,  emigrated  to  Missouri  and  purchased  a 
$4,000  farm,  paying  for  it  in  cash.  In  two  years,  under  ordinary  conditions, 
he  would  have  a  snug  bank  account  and  no  more  interest  to  meet  or  pay¬ 
ments  on  encumbrances  to  make. 

While  cotton,  watermelon  and  alfalfa  growers  are  making  satisfactory 
profits  in  Southeast  Missouri,  horticulturists  in  and  around  Howell,  Oregon,. 


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Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  1913. 

Jefferson  City,  Missouri. 

\ 

Greene,  Laclede,  Barry  and  McDonald  counties,  at  the  other  end  of  the  State, 
are  earning  good  returns  from  peaches,  strawberries,  cantaloupes,  pears,  grapes 
and  other  fruit.  Around  Henry  county  broom  corn  and  flaxseed  are  bringing 
in  thousands  of  dollars  annually  to  the  farmers  who  make  a  specialty  of  them. 
In  Platte, '  Chariton  and  Schuyler  counties  exclusive  attention  is  being  given 
by  many  to  tobacco,  and  the  growers  of  the  weed*  are  being  well  paid  for 
their  toil. 

Potatoes  can  be  grown  profitably  nearly  everywhere  in  Missouri,  but  as 
yet  only  the  farmers  of  Ray,  St.  Louis  and  Jackson  counties  devote  the  most 
of  their  energy  to  this  farm  line.  While  the  annual  crop  of  tubers  of  Mis¬ 
souri  may  seem  large,  the  yield  never  has  been  sufficient  enough  to  supply  the 
home  demand  the  year  around.  That  there  is  money  to  be  made  in  this  State 
by  raising  potatoes  the  growers  of  the  Orriclc  district  in  Ray  county  long  ago 
discovered  and  that  is  why,  year  after  year,  they  continue  to  devote  themselves 
almost  exclusively  to  producing  this  commodity. 

Around  St.  Louis  there  are  many  truck  farmers  who  derive  good  yearly 
incomes  from  stretches  of  land  containing  from  ten  to  twenty  acres.  They 
devote  themselves  chiefly  to  vegetables  and  aim  every  spring  to  have  their 
output  ripe  and  ready  for  the  market  ahead  of  their  neighbors.  About  half 
succeed,  reaping  in  return  a  reward  in  shape  of  a  fancy  price  for  early  toma¬ 
toes,  strawberries,  lettuce,  radishes  and  similar  spring  varieties.  Every  county 
in  the  State  seriously  needs  this  class  of  agriculturists.  There  is  no  danger, 
for  years  to  come,  of  any  section  of  Missouri  securing  too  many  gardeners. 
Vegetables  are  in  constant  demand  the  year  around  in  Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph, 
St.  Louis,  Chicago,  Milwaukee,  Memphis  and  other  places  which  have  become 
markets  for  Missouri  products,  generally  at  a  fancy  high  price,  with  seldom 
the  danger  that  overstocking  will  occur. 

Missouri  Poultry  Products. 

Dairying  and  pbultry  raising,  which  a  few  years  ago  were  considered 
side  issues  in  Missouri,  are  now  absolutely  necessary  adjuncts  to  every 
farm  by  reason  of  the  constantly  growing  demand  for  these  products.  Es¬ 
pecially  is  this  true  of  the  latter  industry.  The  poultry  and  eggs  of  this  State 
which  were  marketed  during  the  year  1912  sold  for  $45,000,000  in  round  num¬ 
bers.  The  entire  production,  including  home  consumption,  during  these  twelve 
months  was  valued  at  $75,000,000.  These  figures  may  seem  to  be  excessive, 
but  it  must  not  be  lost  sight  of  that  Missouri  poultry  and  eggs  are  being 
shipped  to  New  York,  Philadelphia  and  Boston. 

With  all  unimproved  lands  still  remaining  for  settlement  taken  up,  the 
annual  poultry  industry  will  quickly  reach  the  $100,000,000  marl/.  This  is  some 
of  the  wealth  which  is  in  store  for  the  settlers  who  hasten  here  early,  purchase 
a  farm  on  the  installment  plan  and  busy  themselves  producing  the  commodities 
for  which  Missouri  already  has  a  national  reputation. 

The  corn  crop  of  1910  of  the  114  counties  of  the  State  amounted  to 
273,900,000  bushels,  according  to  the  figures  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 
At  the  low  price  of  forty-four  cents  a  bushel  this  enormous  yield  was  worth 
$120,516,000.  It  must  not  be  forgotten  that  this  was  only  the  production  of 
half  of  the  area  of  Missouri  which  is  so  well  adapted  for  this  cereal.  With  this 


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“Call  of  the  Farm” 

Agricultural  Possibilities  of  Missouri. 

large  yield  in  view  for  only  a  limited  section,  it  is  an  easy  matter  to  conclude 
that  if  all  of  the  farm  lands  of  the  State  were  under  cultivation  the  yield  of 
maize — without  intense  or  scientific  farming — would  be  enough  to  give  this 
State  first  rank  for  this  grain. 

Missouri  as  a  Wheat  State. 

The  1911  production  of  wheat  for  Missouri  was  nearly  30,000,000  bushels,, 
but  as  large  as  this  yield  is,  it  is  only  about  enough  to  provide  bread  for  our 
own  population  until  the  next  crop  is  harvested.  There  still  is  room  enough 
here  to  double  this  production,  and  the  surplus  could  easily  be  sold  in  the 
cotton  regions  directly  south  of  this  State. 

Recent  experiments  have  shown  that  an  average  sixty-acre  Missouri  farm,, 
valued  at  $3,000,  if  it  is  run  along  scientific  lines,  is  equal  in  producing  power 
to  a  120-acre  farm  in  other  states,  valued  at  $10,000,  which  is  being  cultivated 
in  the  ordinary  way.  In  two  years,  if  the  proper  care  is  exercised,  such  a  Mis¬ 
souri  farm  pays  for  itself.  Wheat  and  corn  can  be  raised,  but  strawberries, 
potatoes  and  tomatoes  will  be  found  to  be  good  revenue  producers,  with  poul¬ 
try  and  eggs  as  profitable  side  lines. 

Stock  Raising  in  the  Ozarks. 

For  stock  raising  and  dairying  the  Ozark  counties,  as  a  rule,  offer  induce¬ 
ments  which  cannot  be  excelled  by  any  other  state  in  the  Union,  considering 
everything.  These  lines,  together  with  certain  fruits,  will  insure  a  regular 
income  to  any  settler  with  a  small  capital  to  commence  on.  Land  in  this 
portion  of  Missouri  can  be  purchased  for  from  $10  to  $40  an  acre,  according 
to  the  location  and  improvements.  Railroads  which  are  now  in  existence  and 
branch  lines  which  are  to  be  built  furnish  the  markets  in  St.  Louis  and  Kansas 
City.  This  is  the  coming  part  of  Missouri,  especially  for  dairying  and  stock 
raising.  Most  of  the  year  cattle,  hogs,  sheep  and  goats  find  their  own  food 
and  need  very  little  attention.  There  is  plenty  of  good  water  everywhere,  with 
no  danger  at  any  time  of  the  supply  becoming  exhausted.  The  annual  rain¬ 
fall  here  is  from  forty  to  fifty  inches.  In  North  Missouri  it  is  from  thirty  to 
forty  inches. 

Missouri  has  the  soil  and  climate  for  any  commodity  which  can  be  raised 
anywhere  in  the  temperate  zone  and  never  has,  in  its  whole  career  as  a  State, 
ever  known  a  complete  crop  failure  for  anything  its  farmers  generally  raise. 
No  drouth,  no  matter  how  extensive,  has  ever  extended  all  over  the  State. 
The  rainfalls  always  furnish  enough  water  to  amply  feed  the  hundreds  of 
rivers,  streams  and  creeks  which  have  sources  of  supply  in  the  springs  of  the 
Ozarks. 

While  the  possibilities  of  this  State  in  raising  oats,  barley,  buckwheat,  pop 
corn,  tobacco,  cowpeas,  rye,  alfalfa  and  many  other  farm  staples  have  not  been 
fully  touched  upon  in  this  article,  the  same  increased  production  is  ahead  for 
each,  as  is  predicted  for  wheat  and  corn,  when  Missouri,  which  now  holds 
sixth  rank  for  population,  is  as  thickly  settled  as  its  resources  and  advantages 
show  it  ought  to  be.  Even  corncobs,  which  in  other  states  are  considered 
valueless  and  are  burned  to  rid  the  farm  of  them,  are  eagerly  grabbed  up  at 


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Jefferson  City ,  Missouri. 


a  fair  price  by  pipe  manufacturers  and  turned  into  a  commodity  known  the 
world  over  as  “Missouri  Meerschaum  Pipes.”  So  much  for  Missouri.  This 
is  probably  the  true  explanation  of  why  the  average  native  of  this  Stale,  when 
anyone  from  elsewhere  extols  his  own  commonwealth  and  attempts  to  elevate 
it  above  ours,  simply  says: 

“Well,  I’m  from  Missouri,  you’ll  have  to  show  me!” 

A.  T.  E. 


OPPORTUNITIES  IN  MISSOURI  FOR  AGRICUL¬ 
TURAL  SETTLERS. 


(By  Prof.  F.  B.  Mumford,  Dean  State  Agricultural  College,  Columbia,  Mo.) 

The  highest  priced  agricultural  land  in  America  is  located  in  the  corn  belt. 
The  reason  for  this  is  that  the  area  in  which  Indian  corn  may  be  grown  suc¬ 
cessfully  is  limited.  Not  only  in  America,  but  the  area  of  land  suitable  for 
growing  Indian  corn  in  the  world  outside  of  the  United  States  is  very  small. 
Sir  John  B.  Lawes  once  said  that  Europe  could  never  hope  to  compete  with 
America  in  agriculture,  because  of  the  ease  with  which  corn  may  be  grown 
in  this  country. 

Missouri  lies  in  the  center  of  the  American  corn  belt;  there  are  no  corn 
lands  superior  to  those  found  in  Missouri.  One  man  in  Missouri  grows  more 
corn  each  year  on  his  farm  than  is  grown  in  the  nine  states  of  Utah,  Oregon, 
Washington,  Arizona,  Idaho,  Montana,  Rhode  Island,  Wyoming  and  Nevada 
combined.  Three  counties  in  Missouri  grow  more  corn  than  nineteen  other 
states,  in  which  are  included  all  of  New  England.  These  three  counties  grow 
more  corn  than  is  reported  for  the  state  of  New  York,  or  Maryland  or  West 
Virginia.  Missouri  grows  three  times  as  much  corn  as  all  of  South  America, 
three-fifths  as  much  as  all  of  Europe,  and  nearly  one-half  as  much  as  is  pro¬ 
duced  in  the  whole  world  outside  of  the  United  States. 

The  value  of  the  corn  crop  in  Missouri  each  year  amounts  to  more  than 
$100,000,000.  Her  wheat  crop  is  valued  at  $30,000,000.  Missouri  is  also  one 
of  the  leading  hay  and  forage  states.  In  1909  the  hay  crop  alone,  for  the  State 
was  valued  at  over  $30,000,000.  This  does  not  include  the  vast  areas  of  blue 
grass,  clover  and  timothy  pastures  which  in  point  of  extent  and  quality  are 
not  exceeded  by  any  state  in  the  Union. 

The  above  facts  are  evidence  of  the  abundant  resources  and  high  state  of 
fertility  of  Missouri  lands.  In  Missouri  land  is  today  cheaper,  considering  its 
intrinsic  value,  than  in  any  of  the  corn  belt  states.  Good  corn  land,  which  has 
already  become  scarce  and  so  much  in  demand  that  it  sells  in  some  localities 
at  $250  per  acre,  is  still  to  be  had  in  Missouri  for  less  than  $100  an  acre. 

Of  all  the  corn  belt  states,  Missouri  has  more  unoccupied  land  than  any 
other.  Twenty  million  acres  are  unimproved.  Large  areas  of  this  land  need 
only  the  intelligent  skill  of  the  husbandman  to  add  millions  of  dollars  to  the 
total  agricultural  revenue  of  the  State.  Much  of  this  land  is  peculiarly 
adapted  to  the  production  of  high  class  fruits.  Larger  areas  can  be  made  into 
productive  and  profitable  pastures  for  cattle,  sheep  and  horses.  Some  of  the 


“Call  of  the  Farm  ” 
Agricultural  Possibilities  of  Missouri . 


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land  adapted  for  grazing  purposes  can  be  purchased  from  three  to  ten  dollars 
per  acre. 

Missouri  has  more  apple  trees  than  any  other  state  in  the  Union.  She  has 
the  largest  orchard  in  the  world.  In  good  fruit  years  the  total  apple  product 
of  Missouri  exceeds  that  of  many  of  the  great  apple  states. 

In  the  production  of  live  stock  Missouri  has  always  rivaled  adjoining 
states  which  are  more  generally  given  to  grain  farming.  More  than  one  billion 
dollars  is  invested  in  farms,  buildings  and  equipment  for  carrying  on  the 
business  of  stock  farming  in  this  State.  While  Missouri  is  not  generally 
regarded  as  a  sheep-producing  State,  it  is  nevertheless  true  that  she  has  more 
sheep  than  any  adjoining  state.  The  poultry  products  of  Missouri  are  greater 
than  that  of  any  other  American  state. 

Another  reason  for  the  remarkable  productive  power  of  Missouri  crops 
and  live  stock  is  due  to  the  favorable  climate.  Missouri  is  far  enough  north 
to  escape  the  enervating  heat  of  the  south  and  far  enough  south  to  avoid  the 
rigorous  climate  of  the  north.  The  Missouri  farmer  pastures  his  animals  eight 
or  nine  months  in  the  year,  and  requires  little  expensive  shelter  for  the  mild 
winters.  The  rainfall  is  abundant  and  well  distributed,  and  hot  winds  are 
unknown. 

The  State  of  Missouri  maintains  for  the  aid  of  the  prospective  settler  an 
Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  which  is  organized  for  the  purpose  of  solving 
new  agricultural  problems  and  giving  advice  to  all  farmers  in  the  State;  out¬ 
lying  experiment  fields  in  twenty  localities  are  solving  the  local  problems  due 
to  special  soils  or  particular  locations.  The  State  of  Missouri  has,  through 
the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  demonstrated  the  efficacy  of  the  serum 
treatment  for  hog  cholera  and  is  inoculating  at  the  present  time  more  than 
10,000  hogs  per  month. 

The  Missouri  State  Board  of  Agriculture  is  organized  to  aid  the  farmers 
of  the  State,  by  means  of  farmers’  institutes,  veterinary  sanitation,  thus  safe¬ 
guarding  the  health  of  Missouri  live  stock,  and  through  its  Highway  Depart¬ 
ment,  to  encourage  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  country  roads.  This 
excellent  organization  appointed  by  the  Governor  has  contributed  largely  to 
the  development  of  the  State. 

The  State  Board  of  Horticulture  likewise  has  accomplished  through  pub¬ 
lications  and  public  meetings  great  service  to  the  horticultural  interests  of 
Missouri. 

The  State  Poultry  Board  has  contributed  largely  to  the  pre-eminent  posi¬ 
tion  of  the  State  in  aiding  the  poultry  interests  by  publications,  poultry  shows, 
and  more  recently  in  the  development  of  a  poultry  station. 

The  organized  government  of  the  State  is  through  these  various  agencies 
protecting  and  aiding  the  agricultural  citizens  of  the  State.  Probably  no  state 
in  the  United  States  has  a  more  excellent  series  of  state  boards  appointed  by 
the  Governor  primarily  for  the  development  of  the  agricultural,  horticultural 
and  live  stock  interests  of  the  State. 


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Jefferson  City,  Missouri. 


GENERAL  TREATISE  ON  THE  AGRICULTURAL 
POSSIBILITIES  OF  MISSOURI;  ITS  INDUCE¬ 
MENTS  AND  THE  ANNUAL  ACHIEVE¬ 
MENTS  OF  ITS  FARMS. 


(By  Hon.  W.  L.  Nelson,  Assistant  Secretary  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Columbia,  Mo.) 

Missouri,  midway  between  the  geographical  and  population  centers  of 
the  United  States,  is  the  center  of  the  agricultural  universe.  She  is  neither  a 
northern,  southern,  eastern  nor  western  state — nor  is  she  all  these.  Her  south¬ 
ern  border  is  farther  south  than  Virginia,  and  her  northern  border  farther 
north  than  Kansas,  yet  she  excels  the  former  in  cotton  and  the  latter  in  corn. 

One  Missouri  county  produces  a  million  bushels  of  \yheat  in  a  year; 
another  a  quarter  thousand  carloads  of  strawberries;  another  as  many  carloads 
of  peaches;  another  a  thousand  carloads  of  watermelons.  A  crop  of  a  million 
dollars  worth  of  corn,  averaging  the  114  counties  of  the  State,  is  annually 
credited  to  each  county,  and  the  corn  yield  in  only  one-half  the  counties  in  the 
State  equals  the  total  corn  crop  of  one-half  the  total  number  of  states  and 
territories  in  the  Union — so  varied  and  so  splendid  are  Missouri’s  agricultural 
resources.  Missouri  is  a  great  corn  State,  yet  her  glory  is  not  alone  in  the 
golden  grain.  She  occupies  a  prominent  place  in  the  production  of  practically 
every  temperate  zone  crop  that  counts. 

Missouri  is  not  a  one-crop  State.  If  opportunity  is  not  recognized  as 
knocking  at  each  farmhouse  door  every  day  it  is  because  she  appears  in  so 
many  forms. 

It  matters  not  from  what  other  state  the  prospective  settler  may  come, 
or  what  method  of  farming  he  may  prefer  to  pursue,  he  will  find  growing  in 
Missouri  crops  with  which  he  is  familiar  and  conditions  conducive  to  comfort 
and  contentment.  Here  are  well-improved  farms  with  modern  residences,  big 
barns  and  broad  acres  of  blue  grass  and  grain;  here  are  aristocratic  repre¬ 
sentatives  of  the  live  stock  world — horses,  cattle,  sheep  and  hogs,  bred  in 
the  purple  and  adding  to  the  plenty  of  a  prosperous  and  progressive  people. 
Here,  too,  is  the  Missouri  mule,  the  pack  horse  of  the  pioneer  and  the  never 
displaced  motive  power  of  the  most  advanced  civilization. 

In  Missouri  scientific  farming,  backed  by  brains  and  encouraged  by 
capital,  has  attained  a  place  worthy  of  the  highest  efforts  of  the  best  equipped 
agriculturists — of  those  who  would  escape  the  hardships  of  the  pioneer,  for  in 
Missouri  the  days  of  pioneering  are  in  the  past. 

But  the  days  of  opportunity  are  in  the  present.  Hundreds  of  thousands  of 
virgin  forests  await  the  woodman’s  axe;  as  many  acres  are  as  yet  “unprofaned 
by  the  plow,”  and  with  dredge  and  ditch  a  vast  empire,  richer  than  the  far- 
famed  valley  of  the  Nile,  is  being  developed  almost  as  if  by  magic.  Here,  for 
the  man  of  paucity  of  purse,  is  opportunity  without  oppression;  opportunity 


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Agricultural  Possibilities  of  Missouri . 


where  are  churches,  schools,  transportation  facilities  and  comforts  of  civiliza¬ 
tion,  and  where  no  greedy  corporations  control.  Here  the  settler’s  children 
can  romp  on  blue  grass  and  drink  from  springs  of  cool,  sparkling  water. 
Nowhere  else  is  desirable  land  within  easy  access  of  great  cities  with  splendid 
markets  to  be  had  at  such  paltry  prices. 

In  Missouri  are  no  sandy,  wind-swept  wastes,  no  abandoned  farms.  J  No 
soil-exhausting  system  of  successive  seeding  to  some  certain  crop  has  robbed 
the  fields  of  their  fertility.  The  people  are  not  tied  by  tradition.  They  live 
in  the  present  and  face  the  future.  New  methods  of  farming,  bearing  the  seal 
of  approval  of  the  College  of  Agriculture  or  Board  of  Agriculture,  readily 
,  find  favor. 

With  more  miles  of  navigable  river  than  any  other  state,  and  with  thou¬ 
sands  of  miles  of  railroads,  operated  not  by  one  company,  but  by  many,  prac- 
I  tically  all  working  harmoniously  with  the  producers  of  the  State’s  agricultural 

products,  there  is  heard  no  talk  of  a  transportation  trust. 

No  long  and  severe  winters  make  necessary  expensive  barns  or  big  feed 
bills  for  stock.  Conditions  for  dairying,  sheep  husbandry  and  poultry  raising 
are  ideal — Missouri’s  annual  sales  of  poultry  products  alone  being  placed  at 
$45,000,000.  Immense  orchards  of  big  red  apples  and  the  purple  of  vast  vine¬ 
yards  tell  of  plenty  and  of  pleasure. 

Performances,  not  promises,  proclaim  Missouri’s  paramount  place  in  agri¬ 
cultural  possibilities  and  permanency. 


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“BOOST  MISSOURI.” 


— Kansas  City  Times. 

The  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  has  gone 
into  the  wholesale  advertising  business  for 
the  State  of  Missouri.  With  the  sug¬ 
gestive  slogan  of  “Boost  Missouri”  it  is 
endeavoring  to  pursuade  Missourians  to 
advertise  the  State  constantly. 

The  slogan  appears  on  all  printed  matter 
issued  by  this  department,  including  its 
envelopes,  and  is  undoubtedly  accomplish¬ 
ing  its  intention. 

All  bulletins  issued  by  the  bureau  on 
the  resources  and  advantages  the  State 
■offers  bear,  in  purple  letters,  half  an 
inch  high,  the  words  “Boost  Missouri.” 

The  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  has 
asked  the  “booster  clubs”  of  the  State 
to  furnish  it  with  county  maps  for  use 
in  its  forthcoming  publication,  already 
well  advertised,  entitled  “The  Missouri 
Booster  Pamphlet.” 

Among  the  future  bulletins  to  be  issued 
by  Commissioner  Fitzpatrick  are  “Mis¬ 
souri  as  a  Honey  State,”  “Missouri  as  a 
Watermelon  State,”  “Missouri  as  a  Cotton 
State,”  “Missouri,  its  Resources  and  Ad¬ 
vantages,”  “Peaches;  Fresh,  Canned  and 
Dried.” 

“The  latter  bulletin  does  not  in  any  way 
apply  to  the  female  population  of  Missouri, 
although  the  subject  would  cover  that 
fascinating  necessity,”  the  latest  bulletin 
of  the  bureau  announces. 

“The  State  is  full  of  heavenly  ‘cling’ 
peaches,  ranging  in  age  from  16  to  30. 


When  the  ‘peaches’  marry  they  are  classed 
as  ‘canned,’  being  then  put  away,  any¬ 
way  for  a  time,  subject  to  the  death  or 
the  husband,  or  a  divorce  court  decree, 
to  again  place  them  on  the  market  as  a 
surplus  product,  but  by  no  means  a  ‘dried 
peach.’ 

“Missouri  does  not  rank  high  for  its  out¬ 
put  of  ‘dried’  peaches — this  referring  both 
to  the  variety  which  grows  on  trees  and 
those  which  are  classed  as  ‘clinging  vines.’ 
It  does  not  care  to,  the  inhabitants  of  the 
State  preferring  their  peaches  fresh,  but 
occasionally  ‘dried’  peaches  are  encoun¬ 
tered  and  made  the  best  of. 

“With  proper  treatment  the  latter  variety 
can  be  made  palatable.  Old  maids  may 
be  called  ‘dried’  peaches,  but  old  maids 
are  scarce  in  Missouri. 

“Canned  peaches  have  their  attractions, 
but  fresh  peaches  are  generally  preferred, 
not  alone  by  Missourians,  but  all  over 
the  east,  north  and  west,  the  State  ship¬ 
ping  out  many  carloads  during  the  month 
when  they  are  fully  developed  and  ripe. 
Tasty  and  appetizing,  they  attract  atten¬ 
tion  everywhere. 

“The  skin  is  the  creamy  color  that  makes 
them  attractive,  and  a  blushing  tint  and 
soft  downy  appearance  adds  to  their 
beauty. 

“All  orchards  of  Missouri  produce  peaches 
in  more  or  less  abundance,  but  the 
Elberta  variety  chiefly  come  from  Oregon, 
Howell  and  other  Ozark  counties.” 


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J efferson  City,  Missouri. 


STATE  FREE  EMPLOYMENT  DEPARTMENT 

OF  MISSOURI. 


Gratuitous  Service  Given  to  All — Farm  Help 
and  Timbermen  Supplied. 

Missouri  maintains  a  free  employment  de¬ 
partment  as  a  part  of  the  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics — offices  in  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City 
and  St.  Joseph — with  a  view  of  keeping  the 
unemployed  in  close  touch  with  those  needing 
help  of  any  kind,  male  or  female.  The  service 
is  free  of  charge,  with  the  only  requirement 
that  any  one  out  of  employment  and  applying 
for  a  situation  report  promptly  when  work  is 
found.  Employers  are  supposed  to  notify 
when  they  have  filled  vacancies.  There  is  no 
limit  to  the  class  of  help  the  Bureau  can  fur¬ 
nish,  supplying  professional  men,  skilled  trade 
workers  and  any  number  of  men  or  women 
for  positions  lower  in  rank.  Special  attention 
is  given  to  calls  for  farm  help  and  timbermen. 

Employers  in  small  towns  are  also  cor¬ 
dially  invited  to  make  free  use  of  the  service 
with  no  cost  to  them.  When  in  need  of  help, 
write  to  the  nearest  State  Free  Employment 
Bureau. 

St.  Louis — F.  J.  O’Keefe,  Superintendent,  104  North  Tenth  Street. 

Kansas  City — Harvey  Osborne,  Superintendent,  Room  224  New  Nelson 
Building. 

St.  Joseph — Geo.  J.  Kamler,  Superintendent,  no  North  Seventh  Street. 
Main  Office. 

BUREAU  OF  LABOR  STATISTICS, 

JNO.  T.  FITZPATRICK,  Commissioner, 

A.  T.  EDMONSTON,  Supervisor  of  Statistics, 

H.  P.  REEDS . Deputy  Commissioners . J.  L.  BRADLEY. 

JEFFERSON  CITY,  MO. 

Employment  Agency  Inspection  Department . 

MAIN  OFFICE,  JEFFERSON  CITY,  MO. 

JNO.  T.  FITZPATRICK,  Commissioner. 

St.  Louis — 104  North  Tenth  Street,  Jas.  J.  Barrett,  Assistant  Commissioner. 

Kansas  City — New  Nelson  Building,  George  A.  Major,  Inspector. 

St.  Joseph — 107  North  Seventh  Street. 


Send  Your 
Requests  For  HELP 
To  the 

NEAREST  STATE 
FREE 

EMPLOYMENT 

BUREAU. 


The  Service  is  FREE, 
Make  Use  of  It . 


Write,  Wire  or 
Telephone. 


